tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post6536440013593438968..comments2018-03-16T22:59:47.019-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: Coming Soon: a Limited-Edition Bourbon for $22.99Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-1956009572771068432017-08-16T15:17:25.294-05:002017-08-16T15:17:25.294-05:00Same as it ever was. Spring is Jan-Jun, Fall is Ju...Same as it ever was. Spring is Jan-Jun, Fall is Jul-Dec. It doesn&#39;t matter when or if there is a shut down.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-54989350245796136042017-08-16T15:12:25.165-05:002017-08-16T15:12:25.165-05:00BIB. Made at one distillery during one season...et...BIB. Made at one distillery during one season...etc. That one season, does it mean what it used to -Jan thru June and July thru Dec or is it obscured due to the fact that most distilleries shut down only when nessesary?Billy Reishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232231599534049639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-84351528165618511292017-08-10T08:54:49.160-05:002017-08-10T08:54:49.160-05:00You&#39;re right, thanks.You&#39;re right, thanks.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-65544243530651109012017-08-10T03:01:39.281-05:002017-08-10T03:01:39.281-05:00&quot;Although the Bottled-in-Bond Act became law ...&quot;Although the Bottled-in-Bond Act became law in 1895, the heyday of BIB was the decades after WWII.&quot;<br /><br />Wasn&#39;t it 1897? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-80968789998475683422017-08-09T00:18:20.418-05:002017-08-09T00:18:20.418-05:00There are agents, but they don&#39;t &#39;live&#39...There are agents, but they don&#39;t &#39;live&#39; at the distilleries. &quot;It&#39;s done with computers,&quot; is the answer I always get. As for the two DSPs 354 is the distillery, 414 is the bottling plant.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-86136130276297580832017-08-08T21:38:01.457-05:002017-08-08T21:38:01.457-05:00How does this actually work practicalky nowadays? ...How does this actually work practicalky nowadays? Do the large distilleries self-certify, or are there actually still federal agents who go around physically checking the warehouses and barrels? <br /><br />Btw., I just noticed tonight that it says both DSP-KY-354 and DSP-KY-414 on the new ET-BIB bottle. Does Brown-Forman have two separate plants? Chuck, do you know the story behind that? Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-43487283214394238852017-08-08T17:40:02.018-05:002017-08-08T17:40:02.018-05:00All of the warehouses are bonded now. That is not ...All of the warehouses are bonded now. That is not an issue. Hardest part is keeping to one batch, i.e., season. Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-74032445644981165152017-08-08T16:46:45.229-05:002017-08-08T16:46:45.229-05:00I think most of the BIB requirements are pretty ea...I think most of the BIB requirements are pretty easy. . . The only two hard requirements are aging in the fed bonded warehouse, does it cost more to do so or are all the Brown Forman warehouse fed bonded? Then they just need to dump barrels from the same season, I am sure each barrel is tagged making this simple. <br /><br />Chuck Please opineRobert Skulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022263349220883990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-70959135948317102652017-08-07T13:39:38.113-05:002017-08-07T13:39:38.113-05:00&quot;354 750ML $14.99 does not sell, omg what are...&quot;354 750ML $14.99 does not sell, omg what are we going to do with all these barrels? Oh I have idea, why don&#39;t we hold the remaining barrels till they are 4 years old and release them as BIB?&quot;<br /><br />Clever, but highly unlikely, I&#39;d think. 354 was stopped three or four years ago, and given the volume of juice Brown-Forman moves annually, including the bourbon internationally, I don&#39;t think they&#39;d bother playing silly games like that, especially not after that long a time. I also think, and Chuck can correct me on that if I&#39;m wrong, but bonded bourbon has to be bonded from the start, all four years; you can&#39;t just take any 4-year bourbon and decide to bottle it at 100 proof as BIB. Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-64641596378721760482017-08-07T09:27:07.079-05:002017-08-07T09:27:07.079-05:00I have two bottles of the 354 as well, which I hav...I have two bottles of the 354 as well, which I have no opened yet. I can do some math on were this juice came from. . . <br /><br />Brown-Forman Marketing conversation may have gone like this: <br /><br />354 750ML $14.99 does not sell, omg what are we going to do with all these barrels? Oh I have idea, why don&#39;t we hold the remaining barrels till they are 4 years old and release them as BIB? <br /><br />Does this sound like it could be the case?Robert Skulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05022263349220883990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-33219296673226976222017-08-05T17:47:53.403-05:002017-08-05T17:47:53.403-05:00I have a bottle of the ET 354 bourbon, but I don&#...I have a bottle of the ET 354 bourbon, but I don&#39;t think I ever opened it. David Montgomeryhttp://professorcocktail.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-28658038569707619902017-08-05T13:08:02.661-05:002017-08-05T13:08:02.661-05:00I typically do one exclusive piece per month for T...I typically do one exclusive piece per month for <a href="https://thewhiskeywash.com/" rel="nofollow">The Whisky Wash</a>. They also periodically republish some of my blog posts (with permission).Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-66943921864103112782017-08-05T12:32:57.185-05:002017-08-05T12:32:57.185-05:00I guess I should have read your article in Whiskey...I guess I should have read your article in Whiskey Wash before replying with my questions. Good article, as usual, with all the historical background I love from your articles. Are you a regular contibutor there? If so I need to bookmark it.Billy Reishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232231599534049639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-12889082287026099532017-08-05T11:03:32.676-05:002017-08-05T11:03:32.676-05:00I picked up a bottle of the new ET last night. Thi...I picked up a bottle of the new ET last night. This is pretty good stuff. If it does become a regular issue and remains available, it may join my Very Old Barton BIB at $16.95 as a table bourbon way underpriced for the relative quality it offers compared to &quot;premium&quot; stuff.Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-69297517494013330402017-08-05T10:52:05.536-05:002017-08-05T10:52:05.536-05:00So many questions. Woodford and OF use the same re...So many questions. Woodford and OF use the same recipe, same mash bill, same yeast. ET uses as different strain, as does Jack Daniels.<br /><br />I believe there are two columns at the BF Distillery but I don&#39;t recall exactly.<br /><br />No age statement, and it probably is just a little more than four years old. Remember, too, that as a BIB it all has to be from one season. No mixing in older whiskey, as is done for most bourbons.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-36248648148119398162017-08-05T09:57:12.002-05:002017-08-05T09:57:12.002-05:00Picked up a bottle in Kentucky last nite at Party ...Picked up a bottle in Kentucky last nite at Party Source. I did not realize it was 1L. Price was as u reported, very reasonable, which leads me to ask is the few dollars per bottle, if even that much ,worth the downgrade? I guess as you said Chuck they probably regret the decision now.<br />I&#39;m also interested in what you said about different stain of yeast for ET. How many different yeasts does Brown Forman use for all there expressions? (Woodford,OF,JD ETC) I know 4 Roses uses 5 different strains but I thought they were the exception and everyone else typically uses 1 proprietary strain.Billy Reishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232231599534049639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-55935064725445889362017-08-05T08:47:14.600-05:002017-08-05T08:47:14.600-05:00Aren&#39;t there two different diameter column sti...Aren&#39;t there two different diameter column stills at that distillery as well?VT Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330633131278594422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-6404464796228193752017-08-05T07:53:12.471-05:002017-08-05T07:53:12.471-05:00Chuck...
Did they say anything about age statemen...Chuck...<br /><br />Did they say anything about <b>age</b> statement? I know it has to be at least 4 years for BiB... Great read, thanks!<br /><br />Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840690550112248361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-82997318414089500332017-08-04T17:36:12.657-05:002017-08-04T17:36:12.657-05:00Same distillery, but a different mashbill and diff...Same distillery, but a different mashbill and different yeast.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-32738941959524889552017-08-04T17:31:26.054-05:002017-08-04T17:31:26.054-05:00Come to think about it, now that it&#39;s a bourbo...Come to think about it, now that it&#39;s a bourbon, and assuming it&#39;s likely the same distillate, should one actually expect any meaningful difference vis-a-vis the basic 100-proof Old Forester?Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-3719584674350723352017-08-04T17:01:53.746-05:002017-08-04T17:01:53.746-05:00You&#39;re a bit behind the &quot;early times&quot...You&#39;re a bit behind the &quot;early times&quot;, Chuck :)<br />Oregon liquor stores already have it, at $21.95 (and no sales tax!). My local store shows ten bottles, I think I&#39;ll drive over in a bit and get me one.Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-24819892596101474012017-08-04T16:09:22.747-05:002017-08-04T16:09:22.747-05:00I have learned that the liter bottle is because th...I have learned that the liter bottle is because they will be emphasizing on-premise (bars and restaurants) distribution, so it might be hard to find at retail. However, retailers in the states where it will be available should be able to order it for you.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-87908483302980860552017-08-04T16:04:16.296-05:002017-08-04T16:04:16.296-05:00Hmmm, Under $23, BIB, Liter sized bottle? I&#39;...Hmmm, Under $23, BIB, Liter sized bottle? I&#39;M IN!!<br />As an unimportant aside, a great looking throw-back label to boot!<br />Heck even if it&#39;s unimpressive Bourbon, it&#39;s one I&#39;ll add to the bar/shelf, and at least use for cocktails... perhaps a &#39;Pussycat&#39;.Richnimrodnoreply@blogger.com